Totally OT but I can't belive my public school!!

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My oldest dd is 5 years old and today we went to enroll her in Kindergarden. I was very excited and so was she. Well I do not live in a really nice neightborhood and so we dont have a very good public elementary school. But I though how bad can kindergarden be?

Well while enrolling some of her other classmates where there and lets see what all happened in a 15 min period:

-they stabbed her 5 times with a paper clip they had undone to make it long. She has red swollen bumps all over her arms because of it.

-pushed her down

-called her an "a**hole" and were laughing at her (she was the only white person there so I guess it was reverse discrimination is how I felt). I have never in my life treated someone who was a different color any different, and I expect the same.

The mother of these children did nothing so I had to yell at them to stop harrasing my dd, who is the sweetest child and was trying to play with these kids. Then I told the teachers and the enrollment lady what was going on and they looked over and saw them holding the paper clip and going after another child and just went "Ohhh, hmmm" and did NOTHING at ALL!

Needless to say I walked right out and my child will just not go to school. There is no place else for me to put her, the private school are $300 a month (which I can not afford at all right now) and no one around here is accepting transfer students in the district or out of the district.

I am not one to easily freak out but how am I supposed to drop my child off with these people to "learn" when I can't even feel safe where she is.

I remember kindergarden being a lot of fun. I can't belive what I saw today.

Marilyn

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Maryilynn,

That is terrible.....I don't know what goes on in the mind's of some of these parents today. They just don't care...:rolleyes: I hope you are able to find a school for your dd that you like. I totally understand where you are coming from as far as finding adequate schooling. The town I live in is slowly becoming gang infested...my 2 dd's are 9 and 7. Most of the public schools only go up to grade 5 (only 2 go to 8th gr.)...after that my oldest dd would have to go to the middle schools...and my dh & I can't have that....so we are prepared to borrow money for her to go to private school (if need be). That's one of the reasons that I can't wait to finish nursing school....

Fatima

"Class of 2006"

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is there any way you can home school her or find someone in your area that is homeschooling their kids that she can go along with? even if its just for kindergarten and then you can get her into a decent school for first grade. Sad but true, I can believe what you have said. My sister is a 4th grade teacher in an urban area and some of the stuff she sees would break anyone's heart. Some of the kids are little heathens, but most of the time, its because violence and neglect are all that they have been exposed to. I wouldn't send my kid to a school as you have described. You daughter is in her formative years and you really don't want them to be miserable for her.

A

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Hi,

Sorry to hear what is happen there at dd's school.

My have to call your board of schools see if something can be done.

Make sure u give names of who u told and thats all the witch did. Some at that time should have been done. I am wrking on my Rn now i live in white neiborhood that is one of the reasons why i move here so my child and go to better school. LET ME SAY THIS ALL SCHOOL ARE NOT BAD IN AREA WERE ITS NOT ALL THE GOOD.. SO PLEASE DONT NONE OF U TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY.... JUST SPEAKING OF WHAT I DID not to go thourgh this ... NOT ALL GOOD AREAS OF GOOD SCHOOL. I HAVE TO MOVE MY DAUGHTER OUT OF ONE. the child call her N**** word. and hit my child and spit on her. They did nothing to this child to had to go down town. yes i went down town since no one would listent to me..... she said mom what is that word... i had to tell her tried not to cry well telling her what it was meant for........

so just go to your school board make complt about it.... that is not right...

See I pay alot to live where i live in va but i choose too. im single parent just me and child... she dont go with nothing do. i work fulltime and school but i have been thking about home schooling but if i move to GA they dont take Ec RN.

so please dont take this out of hand okay thk u all for understanding now ....... that happen in good school area

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Originally posted by angelac1978

is there any way you can home school her or find someone in your area that is homeschooling their kids that she can go along with? even if its just for kindergarten and then you can get her into a decent school for first grade. Sad but true, I can believe what you have said. My sister is a 4th grade teacher in an urban area and some of the stuff she sees would break anyone's heart. Some of the kids are little heathens, but most of the time, its because violence and neglect are all that they have been exposed to. I wouldn't send my kid to a school as you have described. You daughter is in her formative years and you really don't want them to be miserable for her.

A

I think that is exactly what I am going to do. Thanks for the support :)

I just can not send my child to an environment like that!! Who could?? Talk about terrorism in the homeland.

For those of you who live in an area with good schools, be thankful of that and dont take it for granted.

Marilyn

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no problem! my neice is homeschooled and she is way ahead of any other first graders I know. Could just be that she got her auntie's smart genes. ;)

NOT!

A

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thats rediculous!

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I would do the home schooling thing until you get out of school and can afford to send her to a private school. However, I would try to make play dates with classmates's children so that she can be around her peers. This way, you know the parents and their values because you have class with them and maybe take turns on babysitting each others children. Can save on childcare and also give you more study time.

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How does one get "home schooled"??

I have two small babies that Im considering that with..

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I am so sorry for what you and your child had to go through. NOBODY deserves that treatment. I have a friend who has 4 kids and is expecting another one any day now, and she home schools all of them. They are really smart and they get to do all kinds of interesting things, even though the family is on a limited budget. Our county has a home schooling association. Maybe you can check and see if there is one in your area? If you have a BS, you can home school your child for any reason in VA. But even without a BS, you can home school your child if you say it is due to religios reasons, i.e, "I want my child to be able to practice our religion without restraints. I want my child to be able to pray when she feels like it." I feel so sorry for you. Let us know how you work this out.

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Originally posted by Jen2

I would do the home schooling thing until you get out of school and can afford to send her to a private school. However, I would try to make play dates with classmates's children so that she can be around her peers. This way, you know the parents and their values because you have class with them and maybe take turns on babysitting each others children. Can save on childcare and also give you more study time.

Oh she has *plenty* of friends so that is not an issue. She plays with kids everyday so the social thing is not a problem for us thankfully. Plus she is joining the soccer league here as well, it starts next month so that will be a good outlet.

The babysitting thing is a good idea cause I know I will need the break....lol Thanks for ideas and I am so happy to have all this support.

Marilyn

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WE homeschooled our dtr who is has mental health issues. We applied to be a home schooler and were approved by the school district. For her since she is high school level we bought a program but for kindergarden you could do it. Call your local school board and ask. I am sorry she was treated that way. I hate to say my kids would have punched the other kids.

renerian

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